State lawmakers have long sought to attract date center operations with generous tax breaks and incentives. But now, some are concerned that the infrastructure needed to add those facilities to the electric grid will drive up residents’...

States are taking steps to deploy broadband in areas currently lacking access using federal grant money through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program, known as BEAD. 

Lawmakers in 2024 proposed a variety of artificial intelligence-related bills in most U.S. states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Washington, D.C. NCSL tracked over 450 bills in 23 different AI-related categories and found three legislative...

In an era of digital transactions and online interactions, the risk of fraud has never been higher. Representatives of federal agencies told NCSL Base Camp attendees what they are doing to safeguard consumers.

Growing numbers of legislators and staff use generative artificial intelligence for doing research, summarizing legal cases and drafting documents, but it’s far from a majority yet, according to panelists at NCSL’s Base Camp 2024.

At a recent forum for NCSL Foundation members in Washington, D.C., Kate Blackman and Natalie Wood, NCSL vice presidents of state research and policy, shared their forecasts for key issues likely to dominate the 2025 legislative sessions.